Denmark-Gluckstadt 1659-IS 1/16 speciedaler

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 10230

This specimen was lot 10230 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,251). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 1/16 Speciedaler (3 Skilling Lybsk), 1659-IS. Gluckstadt Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-58. An attractive coin with sharp details. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1658-59. The initials IS stood for Jacob Schwiegelt, mint master in Glückstadt, Schleswig-Holstein, 1644-1660.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.72 g, 0.812 fine silver, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-42.1; Hede-149; Sieg-147.1; Schou-99; Bruun-6321.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Links to:

• 1658-IS søsling Lybsk
• 1658-IS 1/16 speciedaler
• 1658 2 mark
• 1658 krone (4 mark)
• 1659-IS søsling Lybsk
• 1659 krone, shield reverse
• 1659 krone, sword smiting hand, "*IIII*MARCK*DANSKE*"
• 1659 krone, sword smiting hand, "DOMINVS PROVIDEBIT"
• 1659-IS krone
• 1659 half ducat
• 1659 triple ducat
• 1659 10 ducats (portugaloser)
• 1660-IS søsling Lybsk
• 1660-IS krone
• 1665 1/16 speciedaler
• Coins and currency dated 1659